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Shopify Empire Theme

Empire is a theme from Pixel Union, a long-established Shopify theme studio, built for stores with big catalogs across jewelry, cosmetics, apparel, and home decor. It ships four presets (Empire, Circuit, Depot, Forma) and, alongside the usual merchandising toolkit, a genuinely B2B-leaning request-quote block that swaps the add-to-cart button for a quote form on products priced case by case. Everything below is organized by topic so you can jump straight to the setting you're trying to change.

Getting Started

• How to Install the Shopify Empire Theme
  Purchase Shopify's paid Empire theme from the Theme Store and add it to your store's theme library, ready to customize.
• How to Duplicate Your Shopify Empire Theme Before Editing
  Make a safe backup copy of your live Empire theme in Shopify before making design changes, so you can roll back instantly.
• How to Change the Color Scheme in Shopify Empire Theme
  Edit Empire's color schemes from the theme editor to change background, text, and button colors across your store.
• How to Add Custom Fonts in Shopify Empire Theme
  Upload your own font files or pick from Shopify's font library to change Empire's typography without writing code.
• How to Choose a Preset in Shopify Empire Theme
  Switch between Empire's four built-in style presets to change your store's entire look in one click, before fine-tuning.
• How to Manage and Search Files in Shopify Empire Theme
  Upload, link, and understand the real size limits for files in Shopify's admin — useful for spec sheets in Empire's big catalogs.

Homepage & Sections

• How to Add and Reorder Sections on the Shopify Empire Homepage
  Add, remove, and drag sections into a new order on your Empire homepage using the theme editor's section list directly.
• How to Add a Slideshow in Shopify Empire Theme
  Add a multi-slide image banner to your Empire homepage using the built-in Slideshow section, with no code required.
• How to Add a Promo Banner in Shopify Empire Theme
  Add a promotional banner section to your Empire homepage, or an in-menu promo tile, to highlight a sale or new arrivals.
• How to Add a Featured Collection in Shopify Empire Theme
  Spotlight one specific collection with its own homepage section in Shopify's Empire theme, separate from your main product grid.
• How to Enable Scroll Animations in Shopify Empire Theme
  Turn on scroll-triggered fade and reveal animations for homepage sections in Shopify's Empire theme, native to the theme.

Product Pages

• How to Enable Image Zoom and Hotspots in Shopify Empire Theme
  Turn on click-to-zoom product photos and clickable image hotspots in Shopify's Empire theme, both native features.
• How to Enable Image Rollover in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show a second product photo on hover in Shopify's Empire theme, a native rollover effect for product cards and grid thumbnails.
• How to Add Color Swatches in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show color options as visual swatches, driven by category metafields, on product pages in Shopify's Empire theme.
• How to Add Product Tabs in Shopify Empire Theme
  Organize product descriptions, specs, and shipping details into tabs on product pages in Shopify's Empire theme.
• How to Add Product Videos in Shopify Empire Theme
  Add an autoplaying or click-to-play product video to the media gallery in Shopify's Empire theme, alongside your photos.
• How to Enable Pre-Order in Shopify Empire Theme
  Replace the add-to-cart button with a pre-order button in Shopify's Empire theme for products that aren't in stock yet.
• How to Add a Request Quote Block in Shopify Empire Theme
  Replace the add-to-cart button with a request-a-quote form on product pages in Shopify's Empire theme, for case-by-case pricing.

Collections & Filtering

• How to Enable Product Filtering on Collection Pages in Shopify Empire Theme
  Turn on sidebar filtering by price, availability, and variant options on collection pages in Shopify's Empire theme.
• How to Enable Swatch Filters in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show color filters as visual swatches instead of a plain text list on collection pages in Shopify's Empire theme.
• How to Add Subcollections in Shopify Empire Theme
  Divide a main collection into smaller, focused subcollections in Shopify's Empire theme, a native feature most free themes lack.
• How to Change Products Per Row in Shopify Empire Theme
  Set how many products display per row on collection pages in Shopify's Empire theme, for both desktop and mobile.
• How to Add Breadcrumbs in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show a breadcrumb trail above collection and product pages in Shopify's Empire theme so shoppers can navigate back a level.
• How to Add Collection Page Navigation in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show a sidebar list of related collections on collection pages in Shopify's Empire theme, for easier browsing across a large catalog.

Blog

• How to Enable Tag Filtering on Blog Posts in Shopify Empire Theme
  Turn on the built-in blog tag filter in Shopify's Empire theme so readers can narrow posts down by topic in one click.
• How to Add a Blog Search Bar in Shopify Empire Theme
  Shopify's Empire theme has no dedicated blog-only search box by default — here's what it offers natively and how to add one.
• How to Show Recent Blog Posts on Your Homepage in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show your latest blog articles on the homepage in Shopify's Empire theme using the Blog posts section, updated automatically.

Cart & Checkout

• How to Enable the Cart Drawer in Shopify Empire Theme
  Switch between cart drawer, full cart page, and notification popup in Shopify's Empire theme cart settings panel.
• How to Add Cart Notes in Shopify Empire Theme
  Let shoppers leave a note with their order from the cart in Shopify's Empire theme, with one theme settings toggle.
• How to Add a Free Shipping Progress Bar in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show a dynamic free shipping progress bar in the cart in Shopify's Empire theme, a real native block rather than a workaround.
• How to Enable In-Store Pickup in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show a local pickup option at checkout in Shopify's Empire theme by setting up pickup locations in Shopify admin first.
• How to Enable Quick Shop in Shopify Empire Theme
  Let shoppers preview and add a product to cart directly from the collection grid in Shopify's Empire theme, without opening the product page.
• How to Enable the Age Gate in Shopify Empire Theme
  Add an age-gate popup to your storefront in Shopify's Empire theme, a native feature that needs no third-party app.

Header, Navigation & Marketing

• How to Make the Header Sticky in Shopify Empire Theme
  Keep the header visible while scrolling in Shopify's Empire theme using the built-in sticky header dropdown setting.
• How to Add a Mega Menu in Shopify Empire Theme
  Build a multi-column dropdown mega menu in Shopify's Empire theme by structuring your navigation menu with nested links.
• How to Show Recommended Products in Shopify Empire Theme
  Add a native cross-selling section in Shopify's Empire theme that recommends related products on the product page.
• How to Add an FAQ Page in Shopify Empire Theme
  Build a collapsible FAQ page in Shopify's Empire theme using its native accordion-style FAQ template, no app needed.
• How to Display Stock Levels in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show real-time stock counts on product pages in Shopify's Empire theme to create urgency, driven by actual inventory data.
• How to Add a Press Coverage Section in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show "as featured in" press logos on your homepage in Shopify's Empire theme using its native press coverage section.
• How to Add a Back-to-Top Button in Shopify Empire Theme
  Show a floating back-to-top button in Shopify's Empire theme so shoppers can jump to the header from a long page instantly.